Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-22

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no, ,ls.ar, my friends And now Won can do
what YOU like: I deserve it all. All have t.
s,y il that ! hone Won NAV never love q
woman with all YOUR heart and then he so
s,raly ,emptei OF her and lie turned TO GO.
Look here. old fellow said Sir Henry,
.ips, s,op n minute: have little tale TO tell
Xm too And he proceeded to parra.e what
had taken Mace the p,eyious dsy between
SoraiS and himself.
Tbi, was finishing stroke 10 moor Good.
=, !. M, pl.,sa,, TO any man To IN, made a
tool ,f bu, when the circumstances are as
,troc;ops as in the present cass it
- ahm, .s hitter n mill as auyboiy can I've
called urcn 10 swallow.
DO ynu know h. said. IL think that be-
TWEEN Won Won fellows have about worked a
,.ure and he turned and walked AWAY. and
for on. felt very sorry for him. All, if the
moths v,uIl ALWAYS carefully avoid the cali
die how few burnt wings there would be,
Tba, d,y wos N cour. ioy- when the queens
al in the great hall and received r@titions.
discussed laws. etc and ,hitber We ai iourred
shortly afterwards On our way We were
ioips,i bv Good who was looking exceedingly
depreSs.d and no wonder.
when we got into the ball Nyleptha was
already ON her throne. and proceeding with
busipess as usual surrounded by councillors,
cour,iers, LAWYERS. priests. and an unusually
strong GUARD 1t was, however, easy to see
from the Air of excitement and expectation
on the faces Of everybody present that no
hsiy was having much attention TO ordinary
affairs the fact being that the knowledge
that civil war was imminent had now got
abroad. We saluted Nyleptba and took our
accustomed places. and for . little while
things went on as usual. when suddenly the
,rumpets began TO call outside the palace,
and from the great crowd that was gathered
there IN anticipation Of some unusual event
there rnse a roar Of .Sorais, Sorais.,
Then came the roll of many chariot wheels,
and presep,ly the great curtains at the end
of the hall were drawn wide, and through
them entered the Lady OF the Night" herself
Nor did she come alone Preceding her was
Agon. the high priest, arrayed in his most
sorgeou. vestments, and on either side were
other priests The reason for their presence
was obvious-coming with them il would
have been sacrilege TO attempt to detain her
Behind her were . number Of the great lords,
and lehipd them a small BODY of picked
guards. A glance at Sorais herself was
enough to show that her mission was Of no
kind. for In place Of her gold en-
brorierei "kaf" she wore Q shining tunic
formed OF golden scales, and on her head
little golden helmet In her hand. too. she
bore a toy spear, beautifully made and fash
ioned II solid silver. Up the hall she came,
looking like lioness in her conscious pride
and beauty, and as she approached the spec
tators fell back bowing and made path for
her By the sacred stone she halted, and
laying her hand on it. she CT ed out with a
loud voice to Nyleptha on the throne Hail,
D aucen,r
All hail, nv sister," answered Nyleptha.
Draw thou near. Fear not, give thee safe
conduct"
Sorais answered with naughty look, and
swept on up the hall till she stood right be-
fore the thrones.
"A boon, o queen - she cried again.
Speak on. NV sister: what is there I can
give thee who hath half our kingdomP-
Thou canst tell lie true word-me and
The peopl. Of Zu- Vendis Art thou, or art
thou not, about to take this foreign wolf"
and she pointed to Sir Henry with her toy
SPEAR, ito be a husband to thee and share thy
ned and throuer
Curtis WINGED at this, and turning towards
Sorais. said to her in . low voice, .Methinks
that yesterday thou hadst other 4 mes than
wolf to call me by. o queen!- and l saw her
bite her lips as, like a danger flag, the blood
damed red upon her face. As fo- Nyleptha.
is nothing If not original, she, seeing
hat the thing was out, and that there was
nothing further to lie gained by concealment,
answered the question in a novel and eff-c-
.ual manner, inspired thereto, as firmly be-
,ver her rival.
Up she rose, and descending from the
hrone swept in all the glory Of her royal
yrace OH to where her lover stood There she
topped and untwined the golden snake that
vas wound around her arm. Then she babe
lim kneel. and be dropped on one knee on the
marble before her; and next, taking the
GOLDEN snake with both her hands, she bent
he pure soft metal round his neck, and when
{ was fast deliberately kissed him on the
,row and called him her "dearfpord"
Thou seest,- she said, when the excited
nurmur Of the spectators had died away,
addressing Ter sister as Sir Henry rose 10 bis
eet, Il have put my collar round the .wolrs
leck,' md behold, he shall be my watch dog,